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Offline bill5549

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1/600 ACW Naval
« on: August 16, 2014, 02:13:22 PM »
This week’s game at Hugh Wilson’s was another test to try out my draft 1860-1870 period naval rules.  I had revised the initiative and movement system whilst I was on holiday in Majorca this year.  There were 10 players involved and I umpired and explained the rules. 

This fictional scenario involved a Union force attacking a confederate bay with 2 harbours.  Their objectives were to suppress the coast defences, capture a commerce raider which was trying to break out to the sea, and 2 cotton barges.

The Union had 6 monitors and 5 gunboats versus 6 Confederate ironclads and 4 cotton clad rams/gunboats supporting a large coastal fort and 2 shore batteries.


View at start of action as Union squadrons sail on from the right


Fort Sumter and it’s supporting CSS rams


US monitors circle the stricken Fort Sumter whilst engaged with 2 CSS ironclads

More photos at my blog
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Offline bill5549

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Re: 1/600 ACW Naval Update
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2014, 08:31:43 PM »
This week’s game at Hugh Wilson’s was another test to try out my draft 1860-1870 period naval rules.  I had revised the rules again whilst I was on holiday in Madeira last week.  This time there were 4 players involved and I umpired and explained the rules. 

As before this was a fictional scenario involving a Union force attacking a confederate bay with a harbour but given the smaller number of players I reduced the number of squadrons but increased their strength.  The Union objectives were to suppress the coast defences and capture a commerce raider which was trying to break out to the sea.   Some photos of the action below


USS Keokuk rams the CSS General bragg


USS Sassacus explodes as fire reaches the magazine

More at my blog
http://blenheimtoberlin.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/1600-acw-naval-test-game-4.html

Offline Elbows

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Re: 1/600 ACW Naval
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2014, 06:01:45 AM »
Very cool.  Working at the Citadel, the fact that cadets manned the battery which opened fire first is still a big important thing here.  They're quite proud of it till this day.  lol

Very cool pics.
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Re: 1/600 ACW Naval
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2014, 06:06:58 AM »
Very good  :)

Although, if I'm honest, the water needs a bit more attention.

Who made the forts?

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Re: 1/600 ACW Naval
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2014, 08:59:14 AM »
All the Forts are by Peter Pig

 

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